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- Private Health Insurance included from start of employment
- Enrolment into the NHS Pension scheme
- Nominated GP Mentor
- Very competitive rates of pay
- Protected regular clinical meetings
- Great opportunities for career progression
- To work autonomously in the provision of high-quality specialist, evidence based diabetes care for people with diabetes.
- To promote self-care management to patients to prevent worsening of their condition and improve health outcomes.
- To ensure delivery of best practice in clinical practice, caseload management, education, research, and audit, to achieve local population objectives.
- To act as a specialist resource and provide specialist advice in relation to diabetes, to patients their family/carers and health professionals
- Autonomous practitioner with recent experience in managing patients with pre-diabetes and diabetes
- NMC registered nurse
- Current UK driving licence and insurance
- Diploma in diabetes
- GLP1 and Insulin initiation
- Ability to form management plan for patients with pre-diabetes and diabetes
- Appropriate requesting and subsequent interpretation of investigations and results
- Can autonomously make decisions & management plans
- Local & national health policy and impact on General Practice
- Use of GP clinical record system, SystmOne
- Autonomous practitioner with recent experience in managing patients with pre-diabetes and diabetes
- NMC registered nurse
- Current UK driving licence and insurance
- Diploma in diabetes
- GLP1 and Insulin initiation
- Ability to form management plan for patients with pre-diabetes and diabetes
- Appropriate requesting and subsequent interpretation of investigations and results
- Can autonomously make decisions & management plans
- Local & national health policy and impact on General Practice
- Use of GP clinical record system, SystmOne
Job summary
The Role We are looking for Diabetes Nurse Specialists with a diabetes diploma to join our team to work in the primary care setting to provide excellent patient care and promote self-care management for patients diagnosed with diabetes. The post holder will be highly organised and have excellent gold standards in quality and patient care.
Hours- 30+ hours
Benefits
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
About us
Westrop Medical Practice serves a population of over 48,000 in six locations, three are semi-rural locations on the edge of the Cotswolds, one in the centre of Old Town and two in North Swindon.
Westrop Medical Practices mission is to be a national exemplar for primary care provision. We work closely with our practice teams to support, develop, and transform patient care and improve processes in the practices with innovation and technology at the heart of what we do. We also play a highly active role in discussions at an ICA and ICS level.
Westrop Medical Practice are members of the Brunel Health Group. Brunel is a group of 14 independent surgeries, who work closely together to offer services such as the COVID vaccination programme and paramedic home visiting service. As a group we provide care to 150 000 patients and we are the largest primary care research group across the Southwest of England.
Details
Date posted
20 August 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£41,000 to £51,000 a year (depending on experience) plus Private Family Health Insurance.
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
A0669-25-0015
Job locations
Taw Hill Medical Centre
Aiken Road
Swindon
SN25 1UH
Westrop Surgery
Newburgh Place
Highworth
Swindon
SN6 7DN
Hermitage Surgery
Dammas Lane
Swindon
SN1 3EF
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:
To work autonomously in the provision of high quality specialist, evidence based diabetes care for people with diabetes.
To promote self-care management to patients to prevent worsening of their condition and improve health outcomes.
To liaise with the administration staff regarding recall systems, and to ensure the smooth running of the clinics.
To ensure current diabetes templates are accurate for recording the required data for various reporting methods, eg Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)
To ensure accurate record keeping, recording of all consultations and treatments in the patients computerised medical records using templates where applicable.
To maintain accurate data and records in a timely fashion, using SystmOne and other software as applicable.
To ensure full understanding of QOF for diabetes chronic disease management and to liaise with the team to ensure targets are achieved.
To actively collect and maintain data that will demonstrate patient improvement in key areas.
To ensure delivery of best practice in clinical practice, caseload management, education, research, and audit, to achieve corporate Primary Care Network and local population objectives.
To act as a specialist resource and provide specialist advice in relation to diabetes, to patients their family/carers and health professionals.
Job responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:
To work autonomously in the provision of high quality specialist, evidence based diabetes care for people with diabetes.
To promote self-care management to patients to prevent worsening of their condition and improve health outcomes.
To liaise with the administration staff regarding recall systems, and to ensure the smooth running of the clinics.
To ensure current diabetes templates are accurate for recording the required data for various reporting methods, eg Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)
To ensure accurate record keeping, recording of all consultations and treatments in the patients computerised medical records using templates where applicable.
To maintain accurate data and records in a timely fashion, using SystmOne and other software as applicable.
To ensure full understanding of QOF for diabetes chronic disease management and to liaise with the team to ensure targets are achieved.
To actively collect and maintain data that will demonstrate patient improvement in key areas.
To ensure delivery of best practice in clinical practice, caseload management, education, research, and audit, to achieve corporate Primary Care Network and local population objectives.
To act as a specialist resource and provide specialist advice in relation to diabetes, to patients their family/carers and health professionals.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Experience
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
Desirable
Additional informationDisclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Westrop Medical Practice
Address
Taw Hill Medical Centre
Aiken Road
Swindon
SN25 1UH
Employer's website
https://www.westropmedicalpractice.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Westrop Medical Practice
Address
Taw Hill Medical Centre
Aiken Road
Swindon
SN25 1UH
Employer's website
https://www.westropmedicalpractice.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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